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Author of “Death of an Innocent”
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Titles • Known Author • Unknown Author • No Author • Different Ending

Title Variations [...italics mine...]

  1. “Death of an Innocent”
  2. “Death of an Innocent Child”
  3. “Death of an Innocent Girl”
  4. “Death of The Innocent”
  5. “DONT DRINK AND DRIVE!!!...”
  6. “I Went To A Party Mom”
  7. “I Went To A Party, Mom”
  8. “I Didn’t Drink Mom”
  9. “I Swear I Didn’t Drink”
  10. “Mom”
  11. “One Night”
  12. “The Party”
  13. “Party Poem”
  14. “Prom Poem”
  15. “Prom Night”
  16. “Somebody Should Have Taught Him
  17. “Teen Poem”
  18. “The Death of an Innocent”
  19. “The Death of an Innocent Teen
  20. “Think Twice”
  21. “Why?”
  22. “Why am I the one to Die?”
  23. “Why, Mom?”

Author Variations

  1. Title: “Death of an Innocent”
    1. author: Eugina Depasse (eugina_520(at)hotmail.com), Coalgate, OK, who wrote me on May 5, 2000, “I was proud to see this poem on your website. Several years ago, I wrote this poem sitting in a classroom at school. I have seen it on another website, and I didn’t realize how far it would travel. I would appreciate it if you could recognize me as the author, but I will understand if you can’t give me full credit.”
    2. author: committee at Mt. Vernon High School (Ohio) – “originally called ‘Prom Night’...in an effort to stop drinking and driving on prom night at that particular high school.” (http://www.the-hunters.org/jamie/ddpoem.htm)
    3. author: Theresa Bonner (http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/
      mbs.cgi?acct=mb468234&MyNum=927084619&P=No&TL=927084619)
    4. author: Elizabeth Beeson (http://home.talkcity.com/WooHooWay/whooter/innocent.html)
    5. author: Wildcat
      1. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2046/innocent.html
      2. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4698/dd.html
    6. author: David Riddell
      1. http://www.javaforjesus.com/deathofaninnocent.html
      2. http://www.iland.net/~biglou/dedicat.htm
      3. http://www.oz.net/~annien/a_special_message.html
      4. http://www.oz.net/survivor/WebRings/webrings4.html
      5. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5773/page12.html
      6. http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/2906/dedicat.htm
      7. http://www.geocities.com/~mawandpaw/poem.html
      8. http://hem.passagen.se/greta/david_riddell.html
    7. author: Candace Lightner (says John Wett) (http://infoweb.magi.com/~halsey/writings2.htm)
    8. author: Alan Wyant (Youth Pastor Frankfort, Indiana) (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1713/poem.html)
    9. Conflicting reports:
      • http://members.tripod.com/~tassiedevil/innocent.htm (“I have conflicting reports on the originator of this poem - at the moment I have David Riddell, a committee at Mt. Vernon High School, Ohio and Theresa Bonner. – I have had a lot of response, with three claiming to be the author, others claiming to know the author, so for now I will give up the search. I think if we can get the message across and save at least one life due to DUI, then that will me make me and countless others very happy.”)
      • http://www.fantasyrealm.com/innocent.html (“I’ve received a few letters from people claiming to be the author of this poem, and other letters from people telling me other names who are the author. Well, with so many different names, I have no idea who really wrote it but I sure would like to know! It's beautiful, sad, and hits the heart!”)
  2. Title: “Mom”
    • author: Amy Cain, while a Maize (Kansas) High School sophomore. Her mother and great-uncle supposedly confirmed she is the author (http://www.midway.net/KPD/mom-a%20poem.htm).
  3. Title: “Death of an Innocent Girl”
    • author: Ashley Williams (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Creek/9369/project6/dontdrink.html)
  4. Title: “Death of the Innocent”
    1. author: David Riddell
      1. http://www.nunnie.com/death-innocent.html
      2. http://plaza.v-wave.com/NATURE.ROAD/special.htm
      3. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3803/
  5. Title: “Somebody Should Have Taught Him”
    • author: “retold by Jane Watkins” (http://smiley00.tripod.com/poem12.html)

Credited to “Author Unknown” or “Anonymous”

  1. Title: “(The) Death of an Innocent”
    1. http://angelfire.com/me/shardae/mom.html
    2. http://www.roswellpd.org/links/innocent.html
    3. http://www.bayou.com/~captjim/innocent.html
    4. http://www.theautochannel.com:8080/news/date/19981021/news019146.html
    5. http://angelfire.com/ga/dave1565/innocent.html
    6. http://www.pastnh.org/innocent.htm
    7. http://www.coastlink.com/users/vnixon/death.html
    8. http://home.global.co.za/~peterbi/innocent.htm
    9. http://www.saferide.org/poem.html
    10. http://www.casunsetz.com/newpage3.htm
    11. http://home.ptd.net/~megor/death.htm
    12. http://www.tracyjo.com/poem.htm
    13. http://www.aboutliving.com/08-03-1998/pa_deathinnocent_01.html
    14. http://www.gurlpages.com/zines/sarahmorehouse/deathofaninnocent.html
    15. http://homes.acmecity.com/rosie/cutie/236/drunkdriving.html
    16. http://www.gandybeach.com/dui.html
    17. http://www.nb.net/~twinsrus/drink.html
    18. http://pages.ivillage.com/misc/lilja/abuse.html
    19. http://www.churches.com/entry/Poem/poem19.shtml
    20. http://www.ntlgradd.w1.com/poem.html
    21. http://www.ntlgradd.w1.com/poem.html
    22. http://www.fayette.net/court/deathinnoc.htm
    23. http://www.edherman.org/~smeckhs/49sadd.htm
    24. http://www.lebmofo.com/~rcmiller/dui/dui.html
    25. http://www.iscweb.com/personal/nichols/innocent.html
    26. http://www.expage.com/page/kimmy1981poems1
    27. http://www.gazoo.net/think.html
    28. http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/lavender/31/poem.html
    29. http://www.sover.net/~tmartin/Innocent.htm (heard on the radio)
    30. http://members.tripod.com/~kristymckay/index-3.html (adds a personal experience)
    31. http://members.tripod.com/~wolf59/Poem.html
    32. http://www.chillicothe.k12.mo.us/sadd96.htm
    33. http://www.grafx-specs.com/News/NEWS5.HTM
    34. http://www.leesville.com/lpd/dui.htm
    35. http://www.hamline.edu/~kelfstro/drink.html
    36. http://members.tripod.com/~risley1/drunkdriving.html
    37. http://maxpages.com/wildtxtemper/My_Poems
    38. http://geckocountry.com/drinkpoem.htm
    39. http://www.angelfire.com/wv/msbabydoll/poems.html
    40. http://www.angelfire.com/mi/sans38/poem2.html
    41. http://www.farhorizons.net/Shemah/ (web owner said she sat and cried as she typed it in her web page)
    42. http://www.eyeontomorrow.com/embracingthechild/Swenttoparty.htm
    43. http://www4.ncsu.edu:8030/unity/users/r/rafirst/cnph/
    44. http://home.earthlink.net/~rocketrob/
    45. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4838/Innocent.htm
    46. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4640/innocent.htm
    47. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/7616/innocent.html
    48. http://pages.whowhere.com/community/bear-claus/reminder.html
    49. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/9689/
    50. http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/1675/innocence.html
    51. http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/2375/Hiot/
    52. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3789/DOAI.html
    53. http://home.netcom.com/~fjobrien/gstory.html#innocent
    54. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Shores/4191/
    55. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7459/Truth.htm
    56. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7822/Death_of_an_Innocent.html
    57. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3196/other.html#death
    58. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/4516/poems.htm
    59. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5907/
    60. http://www.lifeonthebeat.com/Poems.htm#Death
    61. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7365/madd.html
    62. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Pier/1193/other_poetry.htm (seen in Ann Landers and Dear Abby)
    63. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/9388/poems.html
    64. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5418/drink.html
    65. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1539/ (“The Death of an Innocent”)
    66. http://www.webspan.net/~happy/Poetry.htm#death
    67. http://www.satcom.net.au/jcsplace/INNOCENT.html
  2. Title: “A Poem About Drinking And Driving”
    • http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/2470/drunk.html
  3. Title: “Death of an Innocent Angel”
    • http://worldzone.net/ss/lilangels/6.html
  4. Title: “Death of an Innocent Child”
    • http://www.geocities.com/Baja/6382/child.html
  5. Title: “Death of An Innocent Child”
    • http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/story581.htm – “age 15”
  6. Title: “The Death of an Innocent Teen”
    • http://www.acusd.edu/~peterl/School/DeathTeen.shtml
  7. Title: “I Didn’t Drink Mom”
    • http://www.net1fx.com/~desert/jay/life.htm)
  8. Title: “I Swear I Didn’t Drink”
    • http://www.angelfire.com/tx/YOURULE/poem.html
    • http://www.utpb.edu/ird/staff/kb/drnkpoem.htm
  9. Title: “I Went To A Party Mom”
    • http://rampbbs.com/public/beth/poetry17.htm
  10. Title: “The Party”
    • http://business.fortunecity.com/haas/168/poempage.htm
  11. Title: “Party Poem”
    • http://www.itsnotanaccident.com/poem.htm
  12. Title: “Prom Night”
    • http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/5928/poetry/promnight.htm
    • http://members.tripod.com/~Lenora38/
  13. Title: “Prom Poem”
    1. http://www.angelfire.com/mi/beenr/page4.html
    2. http://www.womenscircle.com/prom.html
  14. Title: “Somebody Should Have Taught Him”
    • http://members.xoom.com/cof_news/january.htm (a different version ... quoted from ‘Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul’)
  15. Title: “Teen Poem”
    • http://www.jbotti.com/teen.htm
  16. Title: “Think Twice”
    • http://bast.bianca.com/shacklet/KANUCK
  17. Title: “Why?”
    • http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/mage/645/irony.html
  18. Title: “Why am I the one to Die?”
    • http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5907/
  19. Title: “Why, Mom?”
    • http://www.sachemhockey.com/News/Messages/Poem/poem.html
  20. Untitled:
    1. http://www.sd68.k12.il.us/schools/orchard/Teams/teenhealth/alcoholpoem8.htm
    2. http://www.angelfire.com/va/KrazyKel/poems.html
    3. http://www.sru.edu/depts/hlthsrv/drink.htm
    4. http://www.skali.com.my/people/ttn.php?article=9
    5. http://www.angelfire.com/ca/weboasis/crim.html
    6. http://bast.bianca.com/shacklet/skittles

Author Not Mentioned

  1. Title: “Death of an Innocent”
    1. http://www.electrinet.com/html/sober.htm
    2. http://www.planetvenus.com/p0001202.htm
    3. http://www.creighton.edu/%7Eprelude/stories/innocent.html
    4. http://bally.fortunecity.com/sligo/148/innocent.html
    5. http://users.nwol.net/~jljones/homepage.htm
    6. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5418/drink.html
    7. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/3127/
    8. http://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/~james/97/death.html (Australian version)
    9. http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~masai/ufo/archives/message.txt (British version)
    10. http://www.www-marketing.com/userpages/unschuldig.html (German version)
    11. http://www.motivateus.com/stories/innocent.htm
    12. http://www.danverspolice.com/dwi3.htm
    13. http://home.netcom.com/~fjobrien/gstory.html#innocent
    14. http://www.sayno.com/innocent.html
    15. http://connwww.trinet.k12.pa.us/cvhs/sadd/
    16. http://www.ultra.net.au/~parky/drink.htm#Drink
    17. http://sites.netscape.net/helennt/webdoc4.htm
    18. http://www.cpaa.org.au/nsw/newsmay.htm
    19. http://members.tripod.com/~dont_drinkndrive/
    20. http://www10.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/9969/poem.html
    21. http://home.netvigator.com/~gracew/xmas/wine.htm
  2. Title: “DONT DRINK AND DRIVE!!!...”
    • http://www.public.iastate.edu/~farmer/PoemsQuotes.html#DONT DRINK AND DRIVE!!!...
  3. Title: “I Went To A Party, Mom”
    1. http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/redriver/935/poems.html
    2. http://www.thepartyroom.com/poem.htm
  4. Title: “One Night”
    • http://www.geocities.com/~atlantatcf/Newsletters/news797.html
  5. Untitled
    1. http://home.t-online.de/home/guenter.schneider.fkb/cross.htm (with poignant photos)
    2. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/3127/
    3. http://www.bytehead.com/~booper/please.htm
    4. http://home.pacbell.net/tommsaff/poems.htm
    5. http://www.wowzone.com/innocent.htm
    6. http://www.co.alachua.fl.us/fireresc/innocent.html
    7. http://www.worldpath.net/~apd/death.html
    8. http://www.la-magic.com/ladyann/innocent.html

Lines Added At End of Poem

  1. Added at the end of the poem: “This is the end Mom, I wish I could look you in the eye, To say these final words, ‘I LOVE YOU AND...GOODBYE’”
    • Title: “Death of an Innocent”
      1. http://www.angelfire.com/tn/jillsworld/whyme.html
      2. http://www.columbia.total-web.net/cobbweb/drunk.htm
      3. http://www.firstangel.com/drunk.htm
      4. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6182/index.html
      5. http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/1208/innocent.html
      6. http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/2375/Hiot/
      7. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1446/death.html
      8. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/3301/madd.htm
      9. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Pointe/6328/Death_Of_An_Innocent.html
      10. http://www.ntin.net/calvary/deathof.htm
      11. http://luquette.org/inspire/death_of_an_innocent.htm
  2. Added at the end of the poem: “Wish I could look you in the eye To say these final words, Mom, I love you and good bye.”
    • Title: “Death of an Innocent”
      • http://www.fun4everybody.com/innocent
    • Title: “Party Poem”
      • http://www.rtis.com/reg/bryan/fire_ems/lastmessage.htm
  3. Added at the end of the poem: “This is the end, mom, I wish I could look you in the eye, To say these final words, mom, I love you and good-bye.”
    • http://www.gfrvsnowball.org/deathof.htm (“Death of an Innocent”)
  4. Added at the end of the poem: “This is the end Mom, I wish I could look you in the eye. To say these final words, Mom, I love you and good bye.”
    • http://web2.airmail.net/athome/death.htm(“Death of an Innocent”)

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